Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[marc]

Florian Diesch said:

> marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:
> 
>> Franz Waldmüller said:
>>
>>> marc schrieb:
>>>   > I run kde, mainly. A few days ago I noticed that when I run
>>>   > nautilus in
>>>> kde, and then delete the app, it creates a background task,
>>>> x-nautilus- desktop - and leaves it there. This is what I consider
>>>> bloat. It also happens that this bg task causes enormous slowdowns to
>>>> kde and some ugly side effects.
>>> 
>>> try to modify your starter. use this command: nautilus --no-desktop
>>
>> But what happens when nautilus is called from krunner? I can't expect
>> all kde users to do this all the time, and a change can't be made at
>> the system level, as these are multiuser machines. So, this isn't a
>> fix.
> 
> Change /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop in gconf

Thanks.

This appear to be a user-level setting. It also seems to work, so it's 
good to have a workaround to this bug.

Do you know whether this is an Ubuntu bug or comes from upstream; just so 
I know where to raise the bug, since raising it against KDE is unlikely 
to prove successful. Thanks.

>> The thing is completely broken in a multiuser system, imo. This should
>> be fixed. It's a bug. And a nasty one.
> 
> No.

As I see it, Gnome/Ubuntu have combined the file browser and the desktop, 
just like Microsoft did with Windows to huge criticism. Given there's a 
option available which would prevent KDE users from experiencing severe 
problems, I would expect Ubuntu to be a good citizen and ensure that the 
feature is switched off; leaving it on is contrary to the Ubuntu Code of 
Conduct. Namely, this bug contravenes the following:

- Be considerate
- Be respectful
- Be collaborative

This option as categorically against the last rule. It is utterly 
inconsiderate to knowingly blast away someone's desktop and leave running 
a process that severely and negatively affects the performance of an 
entire machine.

-- 
Best,
Marc

"Change requires small steps."